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It is snowy and cold here in Tallinn, Estonia.

Yesterday, 02/01:

Saw and heard one very active hooded crow.

They are quite present in the area I live, but I had not ventured outside for some time.

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ysabetwordsmith

>>It is snowy and cold here in Tallinn, Estonia.<<

Yay! It's fun to hear about far places. We have members from several countries. :D

Here in central Illinois, USA it is chilly but not currently snowy.

Also, I edited the tag to say location: estonia. The location tags are fairly broad so that we don't wind up with too many of them.

>>Saw and heard one very active hooded crow.<<

I've heard of hooded crows, but I had to look it up to remember exactly what they looked like.

Do they play in the snow like American crows sometimes do?

From:

hoarmurath

Hello!

Yes, that is perfect, I was not entirely sure what the etiquette for the location tags was so thank you for the correction. Estonia itself is about the size of not even two Marylands, so. I went and looked it up for a comparison.

Most of the crows we have here are this species, though I have seen fully black crows as well. I haven't personally seen them play in it, but I am pretty sure they do, it sounds like an overall crow thing.

From:

ysabetwordsmith

>>Yes, that is perfect, I was not entirely sure what the etiquette for the location tags was so thank you for the correction. Estonia itself is about the size of not even two Marylands, so. I went and looked it up for a comparison.<<

Part of the choice is based on simplicity, part on nature, part on population. So far, state within USA, or country elsewhere, has been sufficient. But if we had lots of Canadians, we could switch to provinces there. Some USA states are huge with diverse habitats. If we had enough folks posting from California, I could see splitting that into Northern / Central / Southern or something.

I'm so happy to have you from Estonia! I don't think we've got anyone else near there.

>>Most of the crows we have here are this species, though I have seen fully black crows as well. I haven't personally seen them play in it, but I am pretty sure they do, it sounds like an overall crow thing.<<

They love snowboarding.

From:

hoarmurath

Thank you for the welcome!

And thank you for sharing the link, made me wish I had wings so I could fly back up and do that again. :P We even have enough snow to go sledding at the moment, but I don't have a sled...